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Show American League Notes. Pitcher Olinstrad has signed with Dost on Pitcher Orlli mys he found Anson the batter hardest to deceive Charle) Kartell claims that tho "spit ball will (In the game much harm. Jack Chesbru mn Harvard has two rising pitchers In Coburn and Taylor Shortstop Joe Cassldy has re-signed with Washington at an Increased salary sal-ary Pitcher Hnrr Olmstead, purchased from Columbus has signed with Hot-ton Hot-ton Manager lijoln may give n Clove-land Clove-land outfielder named McCullough, s try-out Sam Crawford Is being tried at first baso b Manager Armour with gratifying grati-fying results Daniel's desire to get away from New York Is said to he duo to a feud with lllberfeld i Tho Iloslon Herald says that Connie Con-nie Mack offered (7,800 and Monte Cross for Cassldy. ISast Iloslon friends havo presented Collins' )oung pitcher, Kred Ij. O llrlen with n flno signet ring After nit the talk of Klltredgo's Insubordination In-subordination that pla)cr reported at Washington In cheerful humor Pitcher Townsend of tho Senator!, (till has under advisement an offer to mnnagc an Independent club at Chester, Ches-ter, Pa. Pitcher ' Doc" Newton, tho southpaw, south-paw, upon whom Manager Clrlmth li pinning high hopes, did not report In very good condition Ono hoy auro of a Job with (Irlfflth Is "Paddy" Duff, tho ex Manhattan col lego boy sata tho New York fllobe. Ho la a catcher and looks, works and acts llko one Catcher Klttrldgn agrees with Clark Griffith's atatemenl that Iluslo waa tho beat pitcher that ever stood In a box, with tho exception of Chcsbro, who "Is in n class by himself" IaJole, Ilradlcy and tho other Cleve land sluggers aro expected to fatten their list of homo runs next season, as tho left field fenco on tho Clov eland grounds has been shortoned. National League News,. Inflcldcr Charles Cargo has been returned to Albany by llrooklyn. Uuttons llrlggs' "flea ball" Is the latest. That's enough to glvo ono the Itch. Charley Zlmmcr says thcro never was a moro resourceful player than Patsy Tcbeau. "M I n a-h a n," that's tho way to spell my name says tho Cincinnati twirling recruit from Ulrmlngham. John Mcflrnw picks Chicago, Pittsburg Pitts-burg and Cincinnati as tho teams that will trouble tho ' Olanta" this year New York has transferred substi tuto Inflildcr Jack Dunn to 1'rovl denco, all clubs having waived him. Clancy and Clymcr, tho now first baseman and outfielder of tliu Pitta-burg Pitta-burg team, havo never been seen In that city "lied" Owens, whom llanlon figured on as llrooklyn's regular accond baseman base-man bas signed with tho outlaw York (Pa ) club During tho week third baseman Wolverton camo to terma with the lloilon club Pitcher Wllhclm and Young also signed, Manager Charley Nichols of the St. Ixuls Cardinals, says ho considers Bplko Shannon to bo tho best flycatcher fly-catcher in the business. President Herman has notified tho Cincinnati players that thla year the club will pay no Ones Inflicted upon the plsyers by the umpires. Tom Corcoran will not tako his family fam-ily to Clnclnna I next summer. The XI air agrees with them better than V Cincinnati atmosphere Southern 8sylngs. Red Uhret will 'pilch for Nashtllte Us year Pitcher Lew Morse has accepted At tbta a terms The Atlanta club has received back asm Cleveland pitcher Smith the Memphis club has transferred s Holder "Dusty" Milter to Illnnlng Urn Under the 1906 schedule the tulle Mm Is cut down from SOSI last tsr tl 7 SO miles The Atlanta club's deal fur pitcher Qlldt of Toledo is off. Manager Finn fluting tn sell Memphis has signed outfielder Doug-la Doug-la Jeffner of Clarkstlltc and Catcher "ftiti nafter of Troj The Memphis club haa received the cUmplonahlp pennant, which will fly las season at the Memphis hall park Robert flllks, manager of the aVeveport baseball club Is beginning Mi twenty second consecutive jear of biieball And (lllks Is able to play bti yet with the best of them Ollks f"u played In tho Ohio Stale league lit Southern, the International the Aserienn Association, the National tat Western and Unntern ! ague Manager Vnughan announces his lltrmlngham team to itato as follows Ctlchers, Matthews, Clark first base ViiKhan, manager, second bate Wird shortstops, Morse "Schlap' ni4 Lynch; third bnte Harford, utll f, Henry Lynch, pitchers, Reagan Oilier Clark, Cowboy Ctark. Fitjpat rhi, l"lnnt, Dessau, Selce, Wagner, lieUrrt 11111) Smith, Hennessy, Miller tlipitrlck American Association Affairs. Jick Thoney haa algncd an Indian-a Indian-a pollt contract President O'llrlen haa finally decld cd to locate his ofllco In Milwaukee Tas llrooklyn club has turned pitch W7 V '' ' Pitchsr of tho New York National League Club. ir Ulmer Strlcktctt hack to Mllwnu kee. Toledo haa a deal on for a welt known American league flrat baso-man. baso-man. Harry Hammond, a Dayton, O pitcher, haa been ordered to report to the Indlanajiolls club for a spring (fill. Kansas City Is negotiating the sate of ahortatop Loweo to tho Decatur (tub, which wants him fur team captain. cap-tain. "Jack" Haskell will umpire In tho American Association this season f resident Powers, of the lintern Lcsguo, has waived claim tn his services. serv-ices. First baseman "1)111" Mcllor, of f'atcoag, It I, who played with Co uttbua last season, has signed n con tract to play this jenr wllh Mlnno-ipells. Mlnno-ipells. Tho Indianapolis chili has sold out (elder Hogrlover to the Dea Moines, club, and haa traded pitcher Ncwlln to Minneapolis for Cy Ferry trading tho latter in turn for pitcher McOeo, of lluflalo Three I League Tips. A deal Is now pending between Hayes and Hill of Cedar Itaplds, sheroby shortstop Ilerto may wear a Davenport uniform this season It Is the belief of Secretary Farrell of tho Minor league Hoard, that catcher Stark, claimed by Dubuque (net Peoria, belongs to the latter city Davenport fans are Jubilating over tie fact that Manager Haves has secured se-cured tho signature of Johnny Ilaker, l eouthpaw twlrtcr who was the fast-stt fast-stt ot tho Ilockford a bunch last year Vl |